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MDLIAN 9999
HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCES
IN GENERAL.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL
5.
EAST-WEST RELATIONS
ISSUES
THE MINISTERS DISCUSSED EAST-WEST RELATIONS. THEY NOTED WITH SATISFACTION SIGNS OF RELAKSATION OF TENSION IN INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS. THEY VOICED THEIR EKSPECTATION THAT THESE SIGNS
SHOULD HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE SOLUTION OF REGIONAL
CONFLICTS AS PARTICULARLY AFGHANISTAN AND CAMBODIA (TO BE UPDATED). THE MINISTERS EKSPRESSED THEIR READINESS TO ACTIVELY
CONTRIBUTE TO SUCH SOLUTIONS.
6.
7.
DISARMAMENT, ARMS CONTROL AND RELATED QUESTIONS
THE MINISTERS WELCOMED THE INF TREATY AS A MILESTONE, BEING THE FIRST AGREEMENT BY WHICH THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET
UNION HAVE DECIDED TO REDUCE EFFECTIVELY THEIR NUCLEAR ARSEN- ALS.
THEY HOPE THAT THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY OTHERS
AND WILL THUS BE BENEFICIAL TO OTHER FIELDS OF ARMS CONTROL.
THE PROSPECT OF A START AGREEMENT REDUCING THE STRATEGIC
NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION WAS
WELCOMED BY MINISTERS AS SIGNIFICANT ALSO FOR EUROPE AND
ASIA.
THE MINISTERS HAD AN EKSCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE ECONOMIC AND
POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE SECURITY SITUATION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONS, IN WHICH THEY HAVE A SHARED INTEREST. EACH GROUP OF MINISTERS FOLLOWED THE EKSPLANATIONS OF THE
OTHER SIDE WITH APPRECIATION.
THE MINISTERS AGREED THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS AT THE GENEVA CON-
FERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ON A CONVENTION TO BAN CHEMICAL WEA-
PONS WORLDWIDE MUST BE BROUGHT TO A RAPID AND SATISFACTORY
CONCLUSION. THEY REAFFIRMED THEIR RESOLVE TO SPARE NO EFFORTS
TOWARDS REACHING SUCH A GLOBAL AND VERIFIABLE CONVENTION. IN VIEW OF THE ALARMING PROLIFERATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, IT IS
ESSENTIAL TO ELIMINATE THEM ONCE AND FOR ALL.
CAMBODIA
THE MINISTERS HAD A THOROUGH EKSCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE CAMBO-
DIAN PROBLEM. THEY REAFFIRMED THEIR BELIEF THAT PEACE AND STA-
BILITY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA CAN ONLY BE RESTORED THROUGH THE
CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES AND OF FOREIGN MILITARY OCCUPATION OF
THAT COUNTRY. THE MINISTERS REITERATED THEIR RESOLVE TO WORK
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE
UNITED NATIONS WHICH AIM AT RESTORING THE INDEPENDANCE SO-
VEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF A CAMBODIA WHICH IS
FREE FROM A RETURN OF THE UNPRECEDENTED HORRORS INFLICTED UPON
IT IN THE PAST.
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